The deeper we go into Dana Nachman's unquestioning, feature-length cheerleading film, the more uncomfortable I felt about the reaction of one person to that magical and overwhelming day. Miles.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 14, 2015

Cynics can carp. Let them. But don't be one of them.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 23, 2015

Unfortunately Batkid Begins is so rigidly upbeat that it begins to seem like one of those really cheesy Hallmark movies on 온라인카지노추천.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 16, 2015

Nachman, for her part, diligently tries not to lose sight of the child at the center of it all.

| Jul 16, 2015

Everybody got a bit of childhood back, not because of what they got but because of what they gave.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 9, 2015

Batkid Begins has the feel of a barn-raising gone global.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 9, 2015

The seams occasionally show, especially whenever the shy, overwhelmed Miles grows tired or reluctant - or whenever the easily defeated villains start to look like so many overstuffed dolls - but it's impossible to say "no" to this project.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 9, 2015

It's great fun to watch, with even President Barack Obama getting in on the act, and Batman Begins can be enjoyed entirely on this basis.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 9, 2015

"Batkid" is a feel-good film, in the sense that the people who made this wish come true seem to feel pretty good about themselves. They certainly have a right to be satisfied: What they pulled off is impressive.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 9, 2015

The footage is simultaneously spectacular and intimate, with plenty of adorable-child moments.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 1, 2015

Nachman's documentary does a great job of showing the many pieces that came into place for Miles' moment, but it doesn't look much at what's underneath it all.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 26, 2015

The film will restore one's faith in humanity, at least during its running time.

| Jun 25, 2015

Marveling without questioning, the movie is content to package the phenomenon and coast on its feel-good wave. Yet, somewhere around the midpoint, I began to wonder who was most thrilled by all this fuss.

| Jun 25, 2015

Expands a two-minute viral video into a feature-length dry procedural of city permits, bitty bat costumes, street closures and savvy social promotion

| Original Score: C+ | Jun 25, 2015

It emphasizes just how much effort went into pulling the day together, and it's a fitting tribute to the volunteers who went above and beyond to bring a little boy's dream to life.

| Original Score: B | Jun 25, 2015

The editing is ruthlessly efficient, and some of the talking-heads scenes are dramatized via lively comic-book renditions that lend visual panache. All the characters grab you, not just the kid.

| Jun 25, 2015

Who would have thought that the week after Inside Out opened, another movie about a kid in San Francisco would have me crying even more - and laughing almost as much?

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 25, 2015

A fascinating look at how a true event can become a media event - and how courting the media can have good and bad results so mixed up that it's hard to know where the good influence stops and the corrupting influence starts.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 25, 2015

Tears will be shed, many of them surely genuine. Yet there's still something about this oversize spectacle, and Miles' ultimate place in it, that gives nagging pause.

| Original Score: B | Jun 25, 2015

The filmmakers lay on such a thick layer of schmaltz that you'll need a cape and cowl of your own for protection.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 24, 2015